Price-ticket holder



G. A. BERRY. PRICE TICKETHOLDE R. APPLICATION FILED um. 7. I920.

1,366,1 13. Patented Jan.- 18,1921;

G. A. Ber/ -y.

by Jig Is.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

mol en A. BERRY, or nxonnsron srnmes, MISSOURI.

PRICE-TICKET I-IOLDI ER.

Specification of Letters Patent. Pate t d J 18 192 Application filed January 7, 1920. Serial No. 349,905. 1

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known thatI, Gnonen A. BERRY, citizen of the United States, residing at Excelsior Springs, in the county of Clay and tltate of Missouri, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Price-Ticket l'lolders, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to an improved price ticket holder and has as one of its principal objects to provide a device of this i'zharacter which may be readily attached to a shelf for supporting a price ticket thereon.

The invention has as a further object to provide a device having jaws for gripping the shelf so that the device will thus firmly engage the shelf.

A still further object of the invention is to provide a device having means for resiliently gripping the price ticket engaged therewith so that accidental displacement of the ticket from the holder will be prevented.

and "the invention has as a still further object to provide a price ticket holder which will be particularly simple 1n constructmlr and which may be formed from. a single length of material.

Other and incidental objects will appear hereinafter.

In the drawings: 1

Figure 1 is a perspective view showing my improved price ticket holder in position upon a shelf of conventional type,

Fig. 2 is a plan view of the device,

Fig. :Bis a transverse section taken on the line S-3 of Fig. 2, and looking in the directions of the arrows,

l ig. l. is a perspective view showingthe device in detail, and j a Fig. 5 is a perspective view showing a slightly modified form of holder.

Referring now moreparticularly to the drawings, it will be seen that I employ, in carrying the invention into effect, companion shelf clamps indicated as a whole at A and B respectively. Each of these clamps includes an upper jaw 10 and a lower jaw 11 joined by a vertical connecting portion 12. This connecting portion is bent upon itself to provide an upstanding ticket retaining finger 13 free at its upper end and closely confronting the straight shank of the connecting portion to coact therewith. As will he observed, the lower jaw lies in spaced parallel relation to the upper jaw but is somewhat longer than the upper jaw, being offset upwardly intermediate of its endsand provided with angularly disposed portions formlng a foot lt. Coupling the clamps and supporting the clamps in spaced relation s a connecting rod 15 extending be tween the rear or outer ends of the jaws 10. The device is preferably formed from a snigle length of suitable resilient wire, the intermediate portion of which forms the connecting rod 15. At the ends of this rod the end portions of the wire are thenbent forwardly at substantially right anglesfto form the jaws 1.0.when the end portlons of the wire are again bentdownwardly at sub stantially right angles to form theshanks of the connecting portions 12. At the lower ends of these shanks, the end portions of the wire are then bent upwardly and thence again downwardly to'form the fingers 13 when the end portions of the wire are bent rearwardly at substantially right-angles to form the jaws 11. At the outer ends of these jaws, the end portions of the, wire are then bent laterally toward each other at substantially right angles and thence again bent forwardly at substantiallyright angles to form the feet 14. It will accordingly be seen that the complete device maybe readily produced. I J H y In Fig. 1 of the drawings, I have shown the device in place upon a shelf 16 of con ventlonal type. In applying the device, the jaws 10 and 11 of the shelf clamps are first spread to receive the shelf therebetween. The upper jaws 10 are then engaged over the upper surface of the shelf while the lower jaws 11 are engaged withthe lower surface of the shelf. The device may then be moved inwardly upon the shelf until. the shanks of the connecting portions 12 of the clamps abut the outer edge of the shelf when the jaws of the clamps will yieldably grip the shelf for securely holding the device there on. A ticket, as conventionally shown at 17, may then be engaged beneath the fingers 13 of the shelf clamps to be supported by the holder upon the shelf, it being observed that the fingers will coact with the shanks of the connecting portions 12 for yieldably gripping the ticket. The ticket will thus be firmly held against accidental displacement and since the ticket, when thus in place, is disposed immediately in front of the forward edge of the shelf, the ticket may be easily a slight modification of the invention.

seen. Furthermore, by this arrangement, view of the ticket will not likely be ob- Y structedby articles placed upon the shelf.

In Fig. 5 of the drawings, I have shown In this modification, companion shelf clamps C and D are employed. These clamps each in- .then' bent downwardly at substantially right angles to form the straight shanks or the connecting portions 20 when the end portions of the Wire are again bent rearwardly at substantially right angles to form the lower jaws 19. At the outer ends or these jaws,the end portions of the wire are then bent laterally inward toward each other and thence again bent forwardly at substantially right angles to form the feet 22, these feet corresponding to the feet 1" ol 'the preferred construction. The modified structure may thus be readily produced and it will be noted-that theticket retaining fingers as disclosed in connection with the preferred construction are eliminated. On the other hand, theshanksof the connecting portions 20 are employed for holding the ticket. The device is shown iii-position on a conventional shelf 25. In applying the device the jaws 18 and 19 of the clamps are separated to embrace the shelf when the device may be shifted inwardly upon the shell. However, before this is done, a price ticket, as conventionall indicated at 2 1, is inserted beneath the shanks of the connecting portions 20 so that when the device is moved inwardly upon the shelf, the ticket will be clamped between said shanks and the forward edge of the shelf. The ticket will thus be :-1 curel held in place.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new is:

l. A device for the purpose set 'l'orth formed from a single strand of resilient wire and comprising an intermediate connecting member, upper shelf-engaging jaws extend ing laterally from the ends el said connect-- ing member, ticket retaining member-r de pending from the ends of said upper jaw and lower shelf-engaging jaws extending laterally from said t et 1 iniingineiuht the said lowe jaws ha mg return terniina whereby to on iin an extended engagemein with the under side of the shell.

2. A device for the purpose set forth formed from a single strand of re ilient wire and comprising an intermediate c ')1mct'tl11 'j member, upper shelf-engaging jaws extending laterally from the ends of said connecting member. lower shelf-engaging and connections between the upper and lower jaws, said connections including a pendant U-shaped portion carried by the upper jaw and areturn bend extending downwardl from the upper front end of said U-shaped portion to the lower jaw.

In testimony whereof I aliix my signal-111w.

GEORGE A. BERRY. 

